Lying Quote by Ursula K. Le Guin Download Open image ““I always grow poetic when I am lying to myself.”” — Ursula K. Le Guin ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Lying Lying-to-ourselves Poetic
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“And when a man talks from his heart, in his moment of truth, he speaks poetry.” — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
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“...I wore his blood for clothing, on my legs and thighs and hands: a dry, stiff, brown garment with no warmth in it.” — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
Translation is entirely mysterious. Increasingly I have felt that the art of writing is itself translating, or more like translating than it is like… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
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For fantasy is true, of course. It isn't factual, but it is true. Children know that. Adults know it too, and that is precisely… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
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Between thought and spoken word is a gap where intention can enter, the symbol be twisted aside, and the lie come to be. — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
I have no control over my writing. I have lots of good intentions, but no control. There's a story that wants to be told. — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
“I did a lot today. That is, I did something. The only thing I have ever done. I pressed a button. It took the… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
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What is history after all? History is facts which become lies in the end. — Jean Cocteau Copy Share Image
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I just can’t, Nick, okay? Now, please give me a second to lie here in silence and bleed.” – Caleb — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
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